Beleaguered jTBC Drama Snowdrop Ratings Fall to 1% Range in Episodes 3-4 as Acting Criticism of Female Lead Jisoo Rises

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• Why the everloving fuuuuck did jung haein have to pick this drama. He literally JUST started getting back up after his Netflix success only to have this trash come around and drag him back down into controversy
  Ratings for episode 5 picked up but they still aren't all that great. Next week it'll be clearer if knetz are going to be forgiving or not.
  The thing that irritates me most about any idol actors is when they give barely watchable performances and their fans hype it up as if they're the saving grace of the show. Jisoo was unwatchably bad the first four episodes and was a teensy bit better in the fifth one but all I see is her stans screaming about her genius and talent everywhere lmao. It kills any goodwill I might have naturally had for her. This stuff doesn't attract non stans to your bias, people.

  • It is just 1.9 and then 1.7%. Obviously a done deal. So what if picked up? Obviously, the biggest screw-up by JTBC.

    • It was 2.7% for ep 5 I think. So a 1% jump. Let's see how next week goes

  • Imagine from having high calliber female lead, such as Son Ye Jin, to Han Ji Min, and now Ji Soo. Can't help to think that he accepted because of her popularity. Couldn't be because of Ji Soo's acting.

    • This reminds me of a time when Jisoo's fans waged a war against SYJ stans, when Jisoo clearly stated in an interview that her favorite actress is Son Yejin since her movie "The Classic", which ironically, was also SYJ's first lead role and it turned out to be one of the most legendary films in Korea.

      Jisoo's stans seriously need to learn some humility. Their idol is still in her rookie years and is only doing above average at best. She still has a long way to go and we've seen better idols turned actors than her.

    • Kpop stans in general and blackpink ones in particular are a gaggle of low iq clowns. All they know is how to mass harass random ppl on twitter

    • Well I hope he gets the popularity boost then. The guy should get something out of it he's the only decent part about this trainwreck

  • I looked at Twitter for about 20 seconds and had to peace out because her stans were gushing about her Oscar worthy performance.

    • Yuck!!! Oscar worthy my foot!

    • Jisoo makes one constipated expression and her stans cream themselves over her ~talent~

  • If her fans find her that great , why aren't they watching the show ? Because the ratings are very low . As a popular idol she doesn't seem to attract enough people . I'm not against idols trying acting but they should go throught auditions before getting cast for a role . Sponsors, producers take control over directors ,writers,... that's the problem .

    • She gets the role automatically, just because she is from BlackPink. Good...the drama is getting its' reward with 1-2% rating.

    • I read an article about the writer or producer wanting jisoo, specifically. He sought her out.

  • Okay, so are you having a problem with the plot or the actors/actresses?.How is the drama trash?, am not a jisoo fan but I think the drama is average. Its her first drama so the drama is not too good but not too bad for me. Her fans are only trying to give her some encouragement.

    • By trash I refer to the whole controversy and jtbc's response to it. And also to the writing, especially characterisation of youngro and some aspects of the plot. I have nothing against jisoo as a person or even as an idol and I wouldn't care about her fans "encouraging" her if her acting wasn't THIS bad. It's only the Extreme exaggeration about her acting that throws me off. Some of her scenes are So Bad she gives even me second hand embarrassment.
      I was actually hoping for this drama to succeed solely bcs of Haein. He's really been amping it up since DP and even in snowdrop he's giving an excellent performance. It's obvious he's trying his best to break out of the soft romantic lead typecast he's been boxed into for the past few years. But he made the wrong choice by picking this script since the controversy over the plot and jisoo's "acting" will overshadow anything he does in the show.
      Despite all my complaining I still hope they somehow manage to allay the genuine complaints and fears about the plot and that her acting improves so that this drama starts rising. Them failing doesn't give me any happiness.

• shock me with her range... yesss it's still raw. but she nail the facial expression... and here I though she would be expressionless with no real emotion like new idol would in her first acting.

  • Her facial expression when she was being held at gunpoint was unwatchably bad tho... I had to force myself to ignore it

    • she is quite good though, not distracting one bit. When the scene require emotion, she dilevered. Like her scene opposite Kim Jung Nam, didn't expected she can delieved that kind of facial expression.

    • Yeah I don't hate her hope she improves

    • Actually no I rewatched some scenes and she's garbage at acting. You need serious delulu blinders to praise her "range"

    • I take that back after rewatching she's terrible

• :D :D :D :D LMAO at those screencaps

  To be somewhat fair to this trash, ratings are terrible but tend to go up on Sundays as it has no competition so I assume ratings will increase a bit from freefall on Sunday.

  • Nahh it has Taejong Yi Bang (6.7%) and Bulgasal (4.1%)...so there are competitions.

    • Doesn't Snowfall come on later though?

    • Nope. They air in different time slots Taejong airs at 21:30 and Bulgasal at 21:00. Snowdrop airs much later at 22:30.

  • Tbf yesterday that trot singer had a show starting from 9:15PM. And it lasted for 2.5 hrs. The ratings came out to be 16.2 pc. The competition was stiff yesterday. But still I don't think bext the ratings going to rise exceptionally.

• She's passable as a rookie and very beautiful to boot but certainly not leading lady material yet. I don't get why they must cast her as the female lead. She just look bad, which is distracting, compare to the supporting actors acting alongside her.

  I think Jisoo has potential but she should have started her acting career with supporting roles and teen/idol dramas.

  • Exactly. She's okay...ish. Definitely shows potential and will only improve with more experience. But putting her as haein's FL? And as the main character in a cast of actresses all better than her? Her mistakes become magnified tenfold. This drama is such a wasted opportunity its tragic

  • I think it's because of her enormous popularity and her age. Even though she's a rookie, she's around the same age as Suzy, Seolhyun and Hyeri, so if she wants to secure her future in acting, it's better for her to be perceived as a "leading lady" as soon as possible, just like idol actors her age with the same level of fame as her.

• She isn't bad, very green but. We've had worse in other dramas. I think she does well for most parts. Does she have range, hell no but they cast her for clout abd visual, not range. Director literally said that, he wanted her and there was in fact no big shot, complicated audition process as her fandom is adamant on saying. So if you keep expection low, she is passable.

  • Sucks that we have to keep expectations low while her stans run rampant screeching about her oscar worthiness lol.

• It’s expected of her stans to exaggerate. Every Stan of every idol does that, mostly. You have to understand it’s what stans do. And as expected, you’d see the extreme in haters bashing her to death. The best thing to do is to check drama watchers and see what they’re saying. Most of them are saying she’s not that bad for a rookie actress. The character requires an innocent and pure FL who’s lived a sheltered life. Jisoo takes on this role surprisingly well for an amateur. She’s doing better than most actually. Not best actress worthy yet but really not as bad as some say either.

  • Exactly, I agree with you, even tho it was her first drama she really did her best.

• She is BAD, utterly bad. Actually all of them are, they look like caricatures... all OTT acting. Even my fave, Jang Seung Jo is bad in this. Ott expressions = bland expressions (they are considered BAD acting)

  • Jang Seung Jo, truly is awful in this along with Yoon Se Ah. They feel more like overdramatic caricatures than characters. Kim Hye Yoon is doing well in very limited screen time along with Jung Hae In who is delivering the most but the plot just makes 0 sense to me having seen episode 5.

  • And yet people still praise this like crazy.

• i still think she is better than Joy and Naeun. Hahahah. She should just pick something easy for first debut acting. This drama requires roller-coaster emotions so it's quite challenging. Kim so hyun would nailed it though. I guess production team aim for high rating by casting Ji Soo but now it's getting back at them.

• Jung hae in's female leads:
  Son Ye Jin
  Han Ji Min
  Kim Go Eun
  Chae Soo Bin

  Ji Soo. Hm..she is not worthy of a leading actress by any standard.
  I think JHI just wants to add her fans to his instagram followers. Lol

  • That shows how bad and desperate JTBC wants ratings for this controversial drama.

  • God,why are you so stupid?, only you is talking out of point.What are you even saying?, others are talking about the drama but you are talking about Instagram followers, shame on you, I pity all your friends

  • I am a huge fan of JHI and I am very worried that this drama will hurt his career. I hope that it will not. Maybe he can join Yumi’s Cells as the one she marries ❤️❤️❤️❤️?

    • Yeah hope he doesn't get severe backlash from this. He's the only one of the main cast that is actually giving a decent performance. It's such a shame that he had to pick this script. Hope it doesn't affect season 2 of DP or his future projects.

• They should have made Kim Hye Yoon the lead actress! She would have been thousand times better and I am keen to see her chemistry with JHI. She has such a cute voice I will always remember Extraordinary You. Jason???? You know the expression, the camera loves your face? In this case, it didn't. Jisoo visuals are not that good. Without makeup ... blah.